Saffold, Kirlew, Fisher taken in NFL Draft
Former IU left tackle Rodger Saffold was selected No. 33 overall in the 2010 NFL Draft by the St. Louis Rams.
Former IU left tackle Rodger Saffold was selected No. 33 overall in the 2010 NFL Draft by the St. Louis Rams.
Anyone familiar with The Flaming Lips knows the band abandoned the concept of ordinary at its conception. And they wouldn’t have it any other way.
It’s a Little 500 tradition. The rider who crosses the finish line first raises her hands — triumphant in victory. But when Teter’s Caitlin Van Kooten crossed the finish line, she was hesitant about raising her hands. A nightmare she had before the race made her second guess the historical gesture.
The same thing is on everyone’s mind: How much of a factor will weather be in this year’s Little 500 races?
Turning someone down is uncomfortable and leaves one feeling hurt. We have all been the rejectee, just as we have all bashfully rejected someone.
After maintaining leads for more than 20 laps each, Los Corredores and Crimson won the eighth annual Little Fifty men’s and women’s races, respectively, Thursday at Bloomington High School North.
After discussing the possibility of the merger of three communication departments, the IU Internal Task Force on Communication/Media Studies is ready to make recommendations to Provost and Executive Vice President Karen Hanson about reorganizing the departments based on the feedback drawn from countless conversations with students and faculty.
IU Athletics will dedicate its new basketball development center, Cook Hall, at 3 p.m. Sunday.
Kappa Kappa Gamma rider and junior Katie Sauter said last year’s rider send-off brought tears to her eyes. The sorority, which has a consistently strong Little 500 team, had the best time in qualifications this year. The team will wear the green jersey Friday, and for that, Sauter said the entire house is thrilled.
IU’s Center for Health Policy and Professionalism Research recently conducted a survey about Americans’ opinions about health care.
On Thursday, Phi Kappa Psi members were able to detain Matthew D. Parks, 18, when he and three other suspects attempted to steal more than $800 in cash from the fraternity.
Five IU students and two faculty members will receive Sony scholarships Friday.
“Shots, shots, shots,” was what the sold-out crowd of roughly 3,500 fans, rocking neon T-shirts and glow sticks, chanted during LMFAO’s GLOWfest performance.
The School of Public and Environmental Affairs and the Vietnamese Ministry of Education and Training will co-sponsor a new program in the fall that will bring 15 students from Vietnam to IU.
The Center for Genomics and Bioinformatics was created in 2000. Now 10 years later, the CGB has grown into a rapidly evolving research institute and service center that is currently working on 60 different projects.
If the trends of the spring season continue, the men’s soccer game Saturday would need to go beyond penalty kicks to settle.
Among riders, it’s joked about as the most celebrated second-place finish in the history of the Little 500, but Delta Tau Delta riders were celebrating their fraternity’s highest finish in Little 500 history last April.
Final standings:1) Cutters 2) Phi Delta Theta 3) Delta Tau Delta 4) Beta Theta Pi 5) Gray Goat CyclingThe Cutters aren’t reloading from last year’s third-consecutive Little 500 title — they don’t need to. With every member of the 2009 title-winning team returning to compete this year, the Cutters will seek an unprecedented fourth-consecutive title as the outright favorite in Saturday’s race. The scariest part about the Cutters for the rest of the field is that they are convinced they’re a better team than last year.
Folk duo The Indigo Girls will return to the Buskirk-Chumley Theater at 8 p.m. Saturday to another sold-out crowd.